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Definition stock in British English

stock verb

[transitive] verb
/stɒk/
1

if a shop stocks goods, it has them available for sale

Example

Do you stock fishing rods?

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2

to fill a place with things that you will need

Example

They had stocked their cupboards with food for the holidays.

Example

The bathroom was stocked with expensive toilet articles.

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3

to put fish in a lake or river

Example

a river stocked with salmon

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Definition stock in British English